I suppose if you kind of grew up around that gnarly chit used on the western slopes it wouldn't be big deal .I'll tell you that would drive me up a wall working in a tangled up mess like I've seen on TV .
It might not be that way .I've never seen a high line operation,in operation .
Well,it's a kind of a can,like a half gallon .
Back to the real subject .It's flat as a table top in these parts with the few exceptions of perhaps a tree on a river bank . As such seldom would any extra ordinary falling cuts be needed such as a notch/snipe etc .
Leaving a couple inches of...
:lol: Oh I can't put one past you .You knew all along I was driving steel with an 8 pounder . Fact I didn't even own a regular skinny falling wedge up to maybe 5 years ago .Had a lot of splitters though .
I've got my gunning sticks for that aiming stuff .I don't miss too often but I won't tell a big fib and say I've never missed .
About the time it's 10 degrees into a fall and you suddenly realize you might have screwed up makes for a few very intense seconds .:lol:
I've got a big dead bitternut hickory to trip some time this fall .100 footer more or less .Not much room to finagle it without doing some damage to other trees .
A 1" rope and a 4 ton dozer for power I imagine I can lay it right where I want it .---or I'll be pizzed .:cry:
I think I get his drift on this thing .A tad longer or higher if you prefer would give the hinge a bit more flexability .
Now I have in the past drove wedges and lifted the damned things right off the stump instead of tipping them . That is when the feet get moving about a hundred miles an hour .
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